September 26, 2017

Is it just me or does everyone feel inspired by the Golden Crumpets ad on TV right now?

If you haven't seen it yet, check it out

If a crumpet can do it, then can't we?

Anyhoo....emboldened by the feisty crumpet, that's pretty much what I'm doing now, and I don't just mean adding avocado to everything (which I do anyway - the crumpet is NOT getting credit for that idea). I mean that I've jumped off the corporate treadmill and am finding my own way and it feels pretty magical.

Apart from having fun setting up Wendle Handmade biz, I've got a few creative jobs on the go this week. I'm working on some costume sewing jobs, a sewing job for a kinder (new art smocks) and some fun little arty projects in between, such as this random little item that I started working on yesterday.

I'd like to see Mr Fancy Avocado Crumpet make anything so adorable. Ha!.

The little birds are from aKaisercraftpaper pad and the box tray is packaging from Typoeverything else I'm using is random scrappage - which is totally a legit word ;) - I'll share in full when it's finished.

What have you been working on lately? Have you been making your own kind of music? I highly recommend.....and crumpets.

July 19, 2017

May 05, 2013

I picked up an issue of Mollie Makes the other day and was happy to see this little birdy key ring kit stuck on the cover.
The only thing I added was the stuffing and I changed up the fabric a little. Apart from that, this is it.
Sometimes it's fun to just make something and leave all the creative decision making to someone else.
Wx

January 28, 2013

one of the joys of moving back into my play room are all the treasures and un-finished projects I've unearthed while I'm at it.

*excuse the cat paws. Bill never misses an opportunity to photo bomb. haha*

I stitched these felt samplers some time last year and never quite knew what to do with them once they were done, however I found this green canvas languishing in my stash of treasures and voila! It's like they were MFEO (made for each other). hurrah!

doesn't it feel so good to finish a project that had you stumped? yeah baby!

as of this weekend I have finished moving all my stuff back into the room (and out of my living room) and it's looking fairly tidy so far, but lots more sorting and sifting is still to be done.

meanwhile, Peter built me this perfect little shelf for my craft nook and I've discovered baskets are the answer to all my storage problems. haha.

January 20, 2013

I wished the floorboards in my office/play room were polished. The floor had been left unfinished for over 10 years, but my wonderful hubby finally did it, sanding and sealing in the hottest of days. (What a trouper!) The boards are super old, baltic pine that we recycled from another part of the house. They've come up a treat and feel so lovely to walk on with bare feet.

But....just look at those empty shelves just crying out to be filled. I've spent the last two weekends trying to sort through all my craft stuff and find pretty ways to store it as I put it back in. I have to say it's pretty overwhelming because i have WAY TOO MUCH STUFF!!! eep!

Also I keep distracting myself with little side projects, such as this canvas Chelsea gave me for Christmas. It fits perfectly into this spot next to the window, but I didn't like everything it said, so I decided to change up some of the words before I put it back on the wall.

And remember the weekend project where I showed you how to use a paper shopping bag to make a storage box? Well I made another one and gave them both a colourful makeover while I was at it.

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With all the moving, sorting and tidying, not much else has been happening.

I went straight back to work after Christmas, Chelsea has been working and coaching calisthenic solos, Peter is on holiday at home (Mr Fixit-ing) and Harry has just got back from a week at Diabetes Camp.

This is what Harry looked like before he went to camp (he didn't look or smell so nice as this when he returned). haha

January 03, 2013

One of my favourite ways to wrap up the year is by putting together a small album which captures the basic who, what and where of our family. I always make 3, one for us to keep, and one each for the grandparents.

The books came together very quickly using envelopes, chipboard and scrapbook supplies and the good news for you is that I've put together a free step-by-step guide that you can use to make one (or 3) of these books for yourself. :)

If you're interested, simply click on the free projects link in the header, or HERE and start getting your craft on, 2013 style!

December 30, 2012

A couple of years ago, I needed some colour on my walls fast! So I grabbed some fabric and stapled it onto some canvasses to create instant wall art. It looked pretty, but I got bored of looking at it and so, over the past few months I've been slowly re-making each canvas into more insteresting pieces whenever the inspiration hit me.

My most recent make-over is a homage to my Paris obsession.

The final collection looks like this:

This is what it looked like before - pretty, but far less interesting.

I love a make-over - don't you?

I've been crafting up a storm lately. Meanwhile, I'm planning a post about all my Christmas crafts and today I'm working on my annual family year in review album which I'll also have to share with you soon.

December 16, 2012

We held a 21st Birthday BBQ in our backyard last night for my gorgeous girl Chelsea.

It was a huge amount of work to prepare for, as during the busiest time of the year we decided to demolish our old cubby house in order to make extra space in the yard (as you do - haha). And then there was the question of where to store all the stuff that had been dumped in the cubby for the past few years. oh dear!

It was well worth the effort though as it was a huge improvement to the yard. I also hung my homemade jarlights and crochet bunting in the trees along the fence and draped fabric bunting in the marquis. Along with all the fairy lights twinkling in the jacaranda trees, our yard has never looked prettier. Chelsea looked very pretty too - don't you think? :)

It was a lovely night with just a few special friends and thankfully they all left to head out to a nightclub because by 10 o'clock I could barely keep my eyes open! (haha .... I'm so old!)

Today has been nice and quiet and the only "task" on my agenda is to make my Christmas cards. Something I always enjoy doing.

December 11, 2012

Time to put up the Christmas Tree. I started with a gathering of supplies and ideas: ribbons purchased at Provincial Home Living - idea for pom poms thanks to Mandy Lynne and found on Pinterest - scraps of fabric and wool from my stash.

And here's how it all came together.

I tied the ribbon into bows and strung them on the tree with poms. (I kinda made up my own method of creating pom poms and they came out a bit scrappy, more like a pom, than a pom pom - if you get my drift - haha.)

I also hung the tree with some hand stitched fabric hearts and stuck a little crochet dude on top. yay!